Arrived at PSG at the very beginning of the Qatari era, Blaise Matuidi contributed to the development of the capital club on the European scene. If he experienced the terrible disappointment in the Champions League against Barça in 2017, the 2018 Champion also struggled to take that against Real Madrid this season. But it still takes time. “I remain a big fan of PSG. Like everyone else, I believed in it. There is, each season, a lot of expectation around the club, and rightly so in view of the investments made over the years. Very big names have joined PSG. Afterwards, I have often explained it, it takes time. (…) There was also sometimes a lack of success. But for all that, is PSG today above Real or Bayern? This is the question to ask. Are we taking action to make this happen? I do not know. I have these questions. There may be things to review”he explained in an interview for The Parisian.
The former Juventus midfielder then proposed areas for improvement to PSG. “There could, perhaps, be more players who actually represent the club. When we revisit the best years of Real or Barça, we find 5 or 6 Spanish players. This base seems important to me to allow PSG to settle among the very, very big. Leaders are smart enough to know what to do. Today, we must still rejoice in what has become of PSG. Having arrived at the beginning of the Qatari era (2011), I can better measure the progress made. It would have been difficult to imagine, a few years ago, to imagine Mbappé, Messi and Neymar reunited in the Parisian jersey.
